According to our hearts : Rhinelander v. Rhinelander and the law of the multiracial family / Angela Onwuachi-Willig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Onwuachi-Willig, Angela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhinelander, Leonard Kip--Trials, litigation, etc.

Rhinelander, Leonard Kip.

Jones, Alice Beatrice--Trials, litigation, etc.

Jones, Alice Beatrice.

Trials (Divorce)--United States.

Trials (Divorce).

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.

Race discrimination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This landmark book looks at what it means to be a multiracial couple in the United States today. According to Our Hearts begins with a look back at a 1925 case in which a two-month marriage ends with a man suing his wife for misrepresentation of her race, and shows how our society has yet to come to terms with interracial marriage. Angela Onwuachi-Willig examines the issue by drawing from a variety of sources, including her own experiences. She argues that housing law, family law, and employment law fail, in important ways, to protect multiracial couples. In a society in which marriage is used to give, withhold, and take away status-in the workplace and elsewhere-she says interracial couples are at a disadvantage, which is only exacerbated by current law.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. A Beautiful Affair

2. Openings and a Closing: Shutting The Door on Reconciliation

3. Testimonies

4. A Verdict Against the Heart

5. Understanding the Black and White of Love

6. Living in Placelessness

7. Collective Discrimination

8. Reflections in Black and White, and Where We Go from Here

Afterword

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300166880

0300166885

OCLC:

847526889